Why can't everyone just get along?

Question

World peace will 'be' if we all started to communicate & kept our religious beliefs to ourselves...what do you think?

Answer 1

maybe you should run for office, you would have my vote

Answer 2

If I had to make a list of people in my life that thrive on confrontation, irrational complaining, and constant bickering I could make a long list. And thats just people I work with! And that's without touching the subject of religion. Born and raised a Roman Catholic in Southern Ireland. In the North of Ireland it can sometimes be very different. Protestant and Catholic, while both being Christian ideoligies, have subtle differences which can result in the bombings or shootings or the chasing of a 15 year old boy out of a cinema, which happened this summer, and beating him to death with a baseball bat because certain individuals didn't agree with his form of Christianity. I'm agnostic now. The catholic church doesn't have the influence now (in the south, that is) that it used to have . 44 years ago my grandmother had to stay outside the church building every sunday for several weeks. She could'nt enter the church itself because she recently gave birth. She was "dirty" in the church's eye. This procedure was called "churching". This practice is no longer followed. For me, religion has the ability to give someone a kind of "safety net" to their lives and their dealings with others by following set rules. All religions have some "future" as such, be it eternal life or reincarnation. Anyone afraid of death or through strict social upbringings can, and will embrace this lifestyle. But I don't want to keep my "religious" beliefs to you or anyone. How about a religion called "Peace Love And Empathy". Those were the last words of Kurt Cobain's suicide note, but it's resonated to me ever since I first read it. I hate to end this on such a negative point .You asked such a simple question. I think it's very complicated solution sister.

Answer 3

I think this is the part our living. Things in life peculiar to us really matter to us. So much so that we truly believe that they should matter to others equally well. Can you imagine a personal situation where something very valuable to you is worthless in the eyes of others? Or would you welcome even a single person who does not value at all what is so dear to you? May be you can to some extent, but will it be easy?

You see, we should not feel very uncomfortable about this. People have disputes and disagreements due to differences of race, culture, religion or personal opinion all the time. This is because people have things that they value very much. It is just that people express their appreciation in a way that may not be readily understandable by others – people may not be very convincing but they do try to say something. This all is an essential part of our life. We all identify ourselves with one thing or another - the groups we belong to, the way we individually are, matter to us all. We all like to feel great and good about the way we are, and the things we have. This is why we like so much to communicate to others what we strongly believe, think and feel is right and good, or wrong and bad for that matter.

But things can go badly wrong when people exceed their limits and fail to recognise the right order of things. When things of fundamental importance are overlooked due to biased opinions. For example, justice is a universal value. It is impossible for a society to maintain its peaceful existence for long if the requirements of justice are compromised. The requirements of justice under all conditions must be placed higher than any racial, personal or cultural biases. Only with correct order of priorities recognised and established we can aspire to live peacefully even when there are sharp diversities of race, culture, faith or opinion. A just human society does not expect people to live without an argument, for that will be the end of all progress and development. A just human society instead aims to safeguards the distinctness of its constituent parts, and should encourage critical dialogue.

All established religions, constitutions and laws are solely based upon the principles of universal justice and good, and they all aim to safeguard recognised values of human society – in case of religion, the virtues are the essential human values. If so, then we can ask ourselves – why are we not able to end violence, bloodshed and wars amongst us? Idealistically speaking there is no answer, but a realistic look at human affairs and human condition shows that it is not too bad. We have never let it completely go. Ok, we have wars, crimes and personal quarrels but we still manage to live together. The important thing is we do our best, and hope all the time for things to get better. This is the vitally important point that I want to make here as a response to your question.

Answer 4

you see we humans get bored of things. when we have too much peace, we want war to test the new strength we have managed to gather in peace. when there is war, we want peace because we just cant take any more of the suffering.
ask you self this question. what would happen if everything were in one way and never changed? wouldn't that be very boring.
besides, war has its benefits too. country's that are falling behind in the technology evolution would have to pick up the pace or else they will be invaded.in fact war is what makes a country or brakes a country. like US in W W II, before them Britain was the world power, after the war it was USA.

Answer 5

We are all members of various groups - ranging through families, clubs, social classes, states, nations, religions, 'races'. Groups have goals, and so do the individual members of groups.

There are two kinds of goals, goals that can be got by all who aim for them, and goals that can be got by only a limited number (let's call these 'Goals').

Individuals who are members of the same group can conflict when they have the same Goal as individuals. (They obviously won't conflict over having the same group-Goal.)

Individuals can also conflict with their group, if they have a goal or Goal that doesn't allow them to also pursue their group's goals or Goals.

Groups can conflict with other groups when they have the same Goal.

What's the solution? Is there a solution? Yes, there is, of a sort. It's called market economics. In market economics, the Goals are obtained by those whose want them most and show they want them most by paying the highest price (in money) for them. This 'solution' is far from perfect, however.

One big imperfection is that market economics tends to put things on the market that shouldn't be there. Things like your privacy, your dignity, your political influence.

A second imperfection is that the market tends to step outside of governmental control and become a law unto itself. For example, if a company finds the law restricting in the country where it is, it will, if it's big enough, move it's operations to a country where the law isn't so restrictive.

A third big problem is that the natural evolution of companies is inevitably in the direction of there being, in fact or in effect, just one big company, one big monopoly. And it will be a monopoly on all aspects of human life. It will own and control everything on earth, except Mother Nature.

It will never be able to completely control Mother Nature, but it will be able to kill her. And it might.

Answer 6

Because people are naturlaly outspoken, like some pople have blue eyes and some people have straight hair.
I think that doing that would be too muc like highschool. People are nice to your face, and horrible behingd your bakc. I agree that sometomes you wish people would shut the hell up and mind their own buisness, or stop making the situation worse, stop arguing points that dont matter, or leave you and your beliefs alone. But that's a natural flaw in humanity. Blame Adam and Eve.

Answer 7

Unfortunately ambition is a natural human emotion. Some people use it for good, and some for evil. There are too many people who never find their self-worth, so they seek outward confirmation of their worth. Since outward rewards are tentative at best, those people are never happy and secure with themselves. Therefore, they need others to agree with them to prove that they are right.

I have a very Libertarian stance in life - do whatever you want as long as you're not hurting anyone. If I don't like it, or it makes me uncomfortable, I'll simply choose to be around you and/or that activity as little as possible. I don't need laws to intrude on the freedom of others to make me happy.

Answer 8

disagree with your words but not the gist of what you are saying

we need to embrace diversity which means shouting out what makes you different from the rooftops. The trouble starts when one religion tries to exert dominance over the other claiming they are the one true way.

Answer 9

We shouldn't keep our religious beliefs to our selfs!!
If we did it wouldn't be America! There will never be world
peace! Everyone is different! And if you believe and love
your faith THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH SHOUTING IT OUT! I believe in GOD, Im a CHRISTIAN!
Oooops, I hope I didn't offend you!!

Answer 10

Religion is just one of the causes of conflict in our world today. Economic and political competition is also a source of much strife.

Answer 11

because everyone is brought up differently, and see some peoples views as wrong etc. More out spoken or agressive people see other views as a threat and react as such.